Minor White

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Minor White was an influential American photographer, educator, and editor known for his spiritually infused black-and-white images and for shaping postwar photographic education in the United States.

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instanceOf human
magazine editor
photographer
photography educator
contributedTo development of serious academic programs in photography in the United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer California School of Fine Arts NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
familyName White NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork fine art photography
photographic education
photographic publishing
genre black-and-white photography
givenName Minor
hasPhotographicStyle abstract photography
expressive photography
symbolic photography
influenced generations of fine art photographers
postwar American photographic education
influencedBy Alfred Stieglitz NERFINISHED
Ansel Adams NERFINISHED
Christian mysticism
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
knownFor editing influential photographic publications
teaching photography as a spiritual discipline
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement modern photography
name Minor White NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor emphasis on the inner life of the photographer
influence on postwar photographic education in the United States
spiritually infused photographic imagery
use of photographic sequences
notableWork Sequences of black-and-white photographs exploring spiritual themes
occupation editor
educator
photographer
positionHeld faculty member at California School of Fine Arts
photography instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
photography instructor at Rochester Institute of Technology
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rochester, New York NERFINISHED
San Francisco, California NERFINISHED

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